Maintenance Electrician

ATA Recruitment; Desford; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected recruitment firm is looking for a Maintenance Electrician for a major UK manufacturing group's new flagship site in Leicestershire. Offering a salary of £51,500 plus guaranteed overtime, the role involves completing preventive maintenance and responding to faults in a state-of-the-art facility. Ideal candidates should hold an NVQ level 3 qualification and have confidence in electrical maintenance. Competitive benefits include a pension and potential share options.

Benefits

Guaranteed overtime

Quarterly bonus

15% total pension contributions

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced or complex manufacturing environment is beneficial.
• Confident with electrical fault-finding and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Completing planned preventive maintenance.
• Reacting to breakdowns and fault finding.
• Undertaking project work, including continuous improvement.

Skills

Electrical fault-finding

Electrical panel maintenance

Mechanical skills

Education

Apprentice trained NVQ level 3 qualification (Relevant discipline)

Job description

Overview

Maintenance Electrician, £51,500 + £5000 guaranteed overtime, Quarterly bonus up to £600 per Q, 15% total pension contributions, option to purchase shares. OTE £60K+

4 on 4 off days and nights rotation. 06:00 - 18:00 / 18:00 - 06:00

Why join our client?

• Opportunity to work within a brand-new manufacturing plant.
• Fantastic employee engagement - over 300 employees have been with the business over 25 years.
• Further development through fantastic internal and external training. They have pledged to have 5% of employees in pay and learn positions by 2025.
• Real career progression opportunities into senior roles
• Option to buy reduced shares in the business (up 15% within the last 5 years).
• Opportunity to work for a forward-thinking company who have invested over £125m across their sites since 2023.

About the role

ATA Recruitment is working in partnership with a major UK manufacturing group to recruit Two maintenance electricians for their brand-new, flagship site in Leicestershire.

With roots dating back to the 1960s, this organisation is steeped in British manufacturing heritage. Employing over 2,000 people across 15 sites nationwide, they produce some of the UK's most well-known and much-loved products.

This new facility marks a significant investment in the future of UK manufacturing. Boasting state-of-the-art equipment and technology unseen anywhere else in the country, it's set to become Europe's highest-output factory of its kind once fully operational.

Role responsibilities

• As a Maintenance electrician, you'll play a key role in shaping the success of this cutting-edge operation from the ground up.
• Completing planned preventive maintenance
• Reacting to breakdowns
• Fault finding using a variety of methods and tools.
• Undertaking project work which can include continuous improvement, root cause analysis and machine upgrade.
• You will work in either a mechanical or electrical capacity.

About you

• Apprentice trained NVQ level 3 qualification (Relevant discipline)
• Experience working within a fast paced or complex manufacturing environment would be beneficial.
• Due to the nature of the work, you should be confident with electrical fault-finding and electrical panel maintenance.

The benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity for engineers to join a forward thinking, reputable business who offer a fantastic training package which includes a market leading salary and pension. You will get the added benefit of working on a completely brand-new site, the largest of its kind in Europe with an engineering manager who is driven by training and development.

If you think you are the right maintenance electrician for this market leader, please press apply, call Ashton on (phone number removed), or email your CV too

ATA Recruitment specialises in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Civil, Transportation and general Engineering recruitment on both a permanent and contract basis - for more opportunities like this one, visit our website.

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation